The Oxford Classical Dictionary (ISBN 0198606419) states the following for '''Feriae''', listed under "Festivals, Roman"

The Oxford Classical Dictionary (ISBN 0198606419) states the following for '''Feriae''', listed under "Festivals, Roman"

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The word ''feriae'' applied to specific days, and in its narrowest sense meant simply 'festival' or 'holiday'. Thus, it is seen in general use in the name of a given festival, to simply mean 'festival to'.

The word ''feriae'' applied to specific days, and in its narrowest sense meant simply 'festival' or 'holiday'. Thus, it is seen in general use in the name of a given festival, to simply mean 'festival to'.

|''Feriae (Deities honoured)''||''Date(s)''||''Source(s)''<ref>Fowler, W. Warde. ''The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic.'' MacMillan and Co., 1908.</ref>&nbsp;<ref>Scullard, H.H. ''Festivals and Ceremonies of the Roman Republic.'' Thames and Hudson, 1981.</ref>

The Oxford Classical Dictionary (ISBN 0198606419) states the following for Feriae, listed under "Festivals, Roman"

The basic notion included not only the hounouring of the gods, but also restrictions on public life: the courts were closed, some agricultural work was restricted, and in some cases holidays given to other workers.

The word feriae applied to specific days, and in its narrowest sense meant simply 'festival' or 'holiday'. Thus, it is seen in general use in the name of a given festival, to simply mean 'festival to'.

Feriae may be divided into two broad classes: feriae publicae and feriae privatae [1]
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